US soldier killed in ‘apparent insider attack’ in Afghanistan

KABUL — A US soldier has been killed and two others injured in an ‘apparent insider attack’ in southern Afghanistan, according to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)-led coalition’s Resolute Support mission.

The incident took place at an Afghanistan army base in Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan. The so-called ‘green-on-blue’ attack, in which Afghan forces fire on international troops with whom they are working, resulted in the first such killing in nearly a year, according to US officials.